Red Mosquito

I absolutely love the smell of tomato plant leaves

Can't wait to screw up spacing the various flowers and plants I plan on doing

Make it your explicit goal then you’ll be a winner

tragabigzanda wrote:Make it your explicit goal then you’ll be a winner

I'll explicate that d

I have roots from hell. Lord beer me strength.

despite a ton of cold my spring flowers are having a banner year

so much color

pungent aroma

a delight to walk around and look at them

sipping coffee

on my hind legs

like a couple of rory calhouns

I bought some 15 gallon grown bags that should be arriving today. Just in time to get soil ready to transplant these bok choy and butter lettuce sprouts I have going.

Bok and lettuce seem risky with the upcoming heat, but these bags in some shade might be just the trick.

I only have a small nature strip to maintain at the new house, so I bought a used manual push mower off Marketplace. First cut was a nightmare, hoping some sharpening and lubing will make a big difference or this thing’s getting curbed.

i had a manual once and yes if not sharp and oiled it's a biotch, overall kinda shitty quality regardless

now that there are electric tools that can be stored indoors with minimal funk residue might be better to get an E-GO weed whacker or something

Yeah I’m regretting not going what route. I’m $50 in though, so it’s picking up some oil s d a blade sharpener tomorrow to see if I can salvage the investment.

Finally got some azaleas in the ground after hours of pulling weeds and cutting out a bunch of roots that were unexposed. Still some cleanup to do and weed barrier and mulch to put down. Then hydrangeas in the other bed. I'm sure they will all die.

hydrangeas require a lot of water

best to put them next to where your gutter downspout ends if you can

There's a pot next door with a small sunflower growing in it, but the neighbors' two girls aren't watering it regularly. It was fine in the recent rainy pattern but now the sun is wilting it.

We gave them the pot and the soil when it was starting out, but I think watering it for them would be weird.

Next time I see them I might suggest some water, but sometimes you just have to let people do their own thing.

i have a small sunflower that is doing well

lasted surprisingly well through a dry spell

but got it some water

surprised the bunnies haven't eaten it yet

they love to devour every inch of the sunflower plant

decimated two big ones last year

About to have dozens of ripe plums

sickk

make a plum brandy ?

been a banner year for the heirloom tomatoes

harvested another 10 or so today

meaty and delicious

saving some seeds for next year

these have been tops

basil going nuts too

been buying mozzarella and making delicious caprese

summer vibes

clipped some stems from the tomato plant

grew some roots in water and transplanted them into soil

gonna try to keep this breed alive indoors over winter

saved some seeds for next year just in case

but these tomatos are tasty

Have I mentioned my neighbor’s massive gum tree, aka the absolute bane of my existence?

It looms over my back patio and pool. These things drop leaves, gum nuts, and branches constantly - and at certain times of year, shed their bark. I’m out there every two days sweeping up its crap - and if it’s a windy day (which can be quite common here), the stuff it drops is ten fold.

I had to invest $1300 in a “winter cover” for my pool, just to keep the skimmer basket from filling up with leaves and gum nuts over half a day - which renders the water filter useless. Then I have to power wash my light patio pavers way more often than I should need to due to all the dirt and grime and animal droppings resulting from this beast.

I approached my neighbor last year about an adjacent gum tree that was dying and got that removed, but the arborist at the time said there’s probably no way the local council will allow the other one to be taken out, as it’s protected. I asked around and you basically need a massive branch - or widow maker as they’re called - to fall to get them to consider removal for safety reasons. And that’s another thing, my kid is out there playing all the time and these things, even when healthy, can drop massive branches. Hence the morbid name.

I may need to poison this thing somehow. As beautiful a tree as it is, I can’t deal with it anymore. It just has no place in an urban back yard.

Self may be able to advise you